“Across Canada, worker compensation systems are in crisis.” / Ella Bedard (Rabble.ca, Dec. 15, 2015)
A look at how austerity measures and an employer imbalance (especially under experience rating) are undermining Meredith’s historic compromise and hurting injured workers across the country. Delegates to the recent Canadian Injured Workers’ Alliance (CIWA) national conference report injured workers in other provinces are facing the same types of problems facing workers in Ontario, from claims denials and cut benefits to the stress of dealing with an increasingly adversarial system. “Injured workers are simply seen as an expense”…